Bachelor

Chapter 444 Dispute ([-])

Gaoyou, the courtyard of a salt merchant named Wu.

There is a postal city in China, and there is no similar one in China.

Gaoyou is probably the only place in China that is named after post. As early as in the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang built a high platform and post post kiosk here, so it got its name.

In fact, beside the Grand Canal in Gaoyou, it has always been one of the most economically prosperous areas in northern Jiangsu.

Ordinarily, Wang Shu, governor of Nanhehe and Cao Cao, should live in the post house when he comes here for business.Gaoyou's post house is facing the water and looking at the wind. The scenery is beautiful. There is a four-story building, and the big stone horse at the door also looks very interesting.Speaking of specifications, it is three points higher than the capital city.

But Wang Shu didn't want to disturb the magistrate, so he lived in the yard of a salt merchant.

Although it was broad daylight, the arm-thick candles in the room were brightly lit, making the room a bit hot.

A salt merchant surnamed Wu held up a duck egg and put it in front of the candle, and said to Wang Shu: "Look, Mr. Wang, this is the most famous duck egg in Gaoyou. Although this duck egg is not a rare thing, our Gaoyou eggs are very rare." There is one unusual thing. The eggs used are free-range marijuana ducks. This kind of duck usually only eats small fish and shrimps, but the taste is different. Once soaked for half a month, the heart of the whole egg is bright red, which is very eye-catching. Huanxi. We have a famous dish in northern Jiangsu called cinnabar tofu, which is fried with duck eggs from Gaoyou. But the egg yolks in other places are all yellow, so what are they called salted duck eggs?"

Sure enough, under the light, there was a faint red light projected from the inside of the duck egg, and Wang Shu who was next to him cheered: "Sure enough, I have eaten cinnabar tofu, but I don't know that the salted duck egg is boiled." How does it taste? People often say that duck eggs are the most nourishing yin and strengthening body. To tell you the truth, Eunuch Huang in the palace is a little weak recently. I want to send him a few thousand. If If the taste is not good, it will make him unhappy. Didn't he do something bad with good intentions?"

"But Mr. Huang Jin, Eunuch Huang, Supervisor of Rituals?" The salt merchant surnamed Wu was shocked.

Wang Shu only smiled, but did not speak.He is in his early fifties this year, with a white, fat and round face, he looks very attractive.However, in the light of the candle, his face looked very proud.

Strange to say, as the governor of Nanhe Hecao, he passed millions of taels of silver every year, but he was dressed very simply.An old official uniform was packed very neatly, but some places had been washed white.Look at the collar of his cotton shirt inside, it has been frayed.As for the black official boots under his feet, there were two patches on the front.I don't know, but I really think he is a big and honest official.

The businessman surnamed Wu put away the shock on his face, and said in a respectful tone: "Gaoyou salted eggs are characterized by fine texture, rich oil, and tender egg whites. They are not dry and powdery like other places, and taste like chewing lime. Especially not as good as other places. When cracking the eggshell, prick it with chopsticks and make a sound, and the red oil will come out."

Speaking of this, the businessman surnamed Wu couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"Okay, okay, I'm a bit slanderous when you say it." Wang Shu laughed loudly.

"Why don't I cook some for you?" the salt merchant Wu asked flatteringly.

Wang Shu laughed in his heart: I really want to eat it.

Just as he was about to speak, the door was suddenly pushed open by someone, and a person rushed in, shouting, "Why do you close the doors and windows in broad daylight, it's so hot." After speaking, he pushed the doors and windows open.

A gust of cool wind blew in and blew out the candles one by one.

But the room is bright and cool.

The businessman surnamed Wu thought that the person who came in was his servant. Seeing that he was so rude, he was annoyed and was about to shout loudly.But looking up, the person in front of him was wearing a fifth-grade palace attire, with a white face and no beard, he was clearly an eunuch.

The eunuch had a haggard look on his face, and he still had a Yanling steel knife on his waist.

Different from other eunuchs, this man was tall, and when he stood in the room, there was a murderous aura rushing over him.Looking at the tiger's mouth on his right hand, there are thick calluses all over it, it is obvious that he has extremely high attainments in saber techniques.

The salt merchant surnamed Wu broke into a cold sweat immediately, swallowed the curse abruptly, and asked in an even more respectful voice: "This is my father-in-law Gao's name, what can I learn from you here?"

The eunuch didn't bother to talk nonsense with the salt merchant surnamed Wu, so he just said: "Get out, no one is allowed to stay in this yard."

"Yes." The businessman surnamed Wu ran out as if fleeing for his life, and didn't dare to look back.

"Oh, it's Eunuch Gan, look at this duck egg, how good it is, Eunuch Huang will definitely like it." Wang Shu pointed to the jars containing duck eggs: "Bida, you came just in time, I heard that you will return to the palace soon , and are cooperating to bring these things to Eunuch Huang, saying that it is your filial piety."

"Duck egg, you still have the heart to talk about duck egg at this time!" Gan Bida, the eunuch sitting in Nanhe Hedao, sneered, turned his hand, and suddenly pulled out the waist knife.

With a flash of cold light, he split a jar into two pieces.

"Wow!" With a sound, a stream of salt water rushed out with duck eggs, and the room was filled with a salty and astringent smell.

Ganbida flipped his hand, and a duck egg was picked up by the tip of his knife.

He chopped it out with a knife, chopped it into two pieces, and shouted: "Eat, eat, eat, what a fart, if you really send it to the palace, I'm afraid that you will be thrown into the latrine by your godfather."

Wang Shu was caught off guard and was splashed with salt water.

He was also annoyed in his heart, and shouted: "Why did Bida say such a thing, is it possible that Eunuch Huang doesn't like salted duck eggs, or have we violated his taboo?"

"Fuck you!" Eunuch Gan opened his mouth and scolded, "Why go back to Beijing, now you and I can't leave."

Wang Shu was very surprised: "What's the matter?" He had received a grant from the imperial court some time ago, so he went to Nanjing to repay the loan on the Suining River embankment.Although the gang of lords in Nanjing were all idle officials, they were all very poor because they had been idle for many years. When they saw the Governor of Hedao coming, they all rushed forward, wanting to eat a few pieces of meat.

It took Wang Shu a lot of energy to get rid of them. After returning to Huainan, he felt exhausted physically and mentally, so he went to Gaoyou to play for a few days, but he didn't care much about the affairs of the Hedao Yamen.

Gan Bida: "Your Majesty, you are really happy here. Things are really happening now. You and I have withheld a lot of money from the Suining River Bank. The court doesn't know where it came from. The news sent Sun Dan over to investigate. You and I will stay in Huai'an and wait for the imperial court to deal with it."

"Sun Dan, didn't he come to inspect the school administration? Why did he check the accounts of the river?" Wang Shu felt very strange.

Gan Bida snorted: "Master Wang sees things really simple. How could you, a mere Huai'an Mansion Examination, alert the editor-in-chief of the Imperial Academy, and Sun Dan, who is so popular, came to preside over it?"

Wang Shu was stunned, and suddenly there was sweat on his forehead: "This matter is a little troublesome, Suining... just check it out, and it will be all found out?"

Gan Bida sneered: "Don't worry, our family has already dealt with this matter for you. Even if Sun Dan is superficial, he can't get any evidence."

Master Wang: "What's wrong?"

Eunuch Gan threw an official document on the table: "Look for yourself... Suining...the dike broke."

(End of this chapter)